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What Does the Future Look Like For Europe?

Dr Nikita Dhawan, Chair in Political Theory and History of Ideas, Technical University Dresden

18-Dec-25 15:00

What Does the Future Look Like For Europe?

Where is Europe heading? This is one of the big questions as we shift towards a more fractured and multipolar world order. Europe is in a moment of deep political and ideological reckoning. After all, we’re seeing the rise of right-wing movements, anti-immigration sentiments, a yearning by some quarters to “go back” to a less multicultural imagined past.


In this episode, we have a conversation with Nikita Dhawan, who holds the chair in Political Theory and History of Ideas at the Technical University Dresden. Her research and teaching focus on global justice, human rights, democracy, and decolonization.

She is the author of many books, including Rescuing the Enlightenment from the Europeans: Critical Theories of Decolonization.

Produced by: Dashran Yohan, Sharaad Kuttan

Presented by: Sharaad Kuttan


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Categories:  politicsinternational

Tags:  beyond the ballot boxeuropeimperialismcolonialismright-wing populismdemocracydecolonisation





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